mitt romney was aggressive but smiling. john harris, politico editor in chief, whae eigh in here. >> i'm not contrarian but i listen to ruth's counterconventional wisdom because she's a shrewd observer. >> totally wrong you one or the oth other. >> it's rare, et cetera specially the night of the debate, journalists are cautious, they fought to a draw. it's very rare that impressionistically, stylistically there's a clear triumph of one side over the other. i would caution, however, i do think it's true, that for most voters, they're not judging this as theater criticism. they're not judging it on stylistic grounds. they are fundamentally approaching this as citizens asking who's got the better plan. who whose idea speak more to me personally. there's a danger in overinterpreting what was an emphatic result stylistically. there's a danger of overinterpreting what that will mean substancetively for the race. >> chris cillizza, "the washington post," your paper's editorial today, takes aim at both of these candidates for subst